The scientific and technical permanent staff of PROMES is 75 persons and a total of about 100 persons
are currently working in the laboratory at Odeillo and Perpignan.
PROMES operates high flux solar facilities at Odeillo Centre: 10 small size (1-2 kW) solar furnaces that
reach maximum concentration of 18000, a 6 kW solar furnace (concentration 4500) and a 1000 kW solar
fumace (concentration 10000). In addition a 50 kW parabola (concentration 10000) equipped with a 10 kWe
Stirling engine is tested daily.
High priority scientific topics are related to solar thermal power generation using gas thermodynamic cycles,
hydrogen production, medium and high temperature heat storage, high temperature materials testing and
evaluation, materials synthesis, and solar heating and cooling of buildings.